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  Topic: Jerry Falwell: Dead.
acheron

Replies: 59
Views: 756

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Wed May 16, 2025 8:52 pm   Subject: Jerry Falwell: Dead.
grade A asshole, but I'm not one to take joy in other people's deaths, with only rare exceptions that the rev. falwell does not rate. (saddam hussein, yes.)

(i more or less consider myself a republ ...
  Topic: How old were you when you first felt like an adult?
acheron

Replies: 33
Views: 497

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Tue May 01, 2025 10:18 pm   Subject: How old were you when you first felt like an adult?
Probably when I graduated college, so, 21.

If not then, then certainly when I got married (23).

Though it's still weird to think of, say, having kids or something, so maybe not really until tha ...
  Topic: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
acheron

Replies: 253
Views: 2826

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Tue May 01, 2025 4:58 pm   Subject: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
you can't just rearrange vocabulary and usage as you see fit

exactly. and to those who disagree, i say yakka foob mog, grub pubbawup zink watoom gazork. chumble spuzz.
  Topic: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
acheron

Replies: 253
Views: 2826

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2025 10:58 pm   Subject: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
I think being understood is more important than being "right"

then what's the point of this thread? :P
  Topic: OMG Heroes
acheron

Replies: 323
Views: 4229

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2025 10:56 pm   Subject: OMG Heroes
so awesome.

only 3 eps left though. i'm wondering how they'll do the end -- i think they'll resolve everything (for some values of "everything") in the season finale, but i wonder if they ...
  Topic: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
acheron

Replies: 253
Views: 2826

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2025 7:26 pm   Subject: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
"forte".

If you're talking about volume of music, it's the Italian "forte" and pronounced "for-tay".

If something is not your forte, that's the French "forte&q; ...
  Topic: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
acheron

Replies: 253
Views: 2826

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2025 11:16 pm   Subject: misused words and phrases that drive you crazy
Singular "they" is fine. It's been used that way for centuries. (Literally!) "He or she" is incredibly awkward and annoying.

The thorn was used even in early modern English; it ...
  Topic: P-Boi Forum: 50 Greatest Nintendo System Games
acheron

Replies: 502
Views: 9738

Forum: Archives of Shit   Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2025 7:40 pm   Subject: P-Boi Forum: 50 Greatest Nintendo System Games

16. Tetris (18 lists, #1 acheron, Hirsby) - 245
23. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - (12 lists, #4 acheron, mreow) - 193


raise your hand if your parents only let you have a Game Boy and ...
  Topic: P-Boi Forum: 50 Greatest Nintendo System Games
acheron

Replies: 502
Views: 9738

Forum: Archives of Shit   Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2025 4:38 pm   Subject: P-Boi Forum: 50 Greatest Nintendo System Games
yeah, I'm also surprised to see it so low.

edit: "it" being Super Metroid.
  Topic: P-Boi Forum: 50 Greatest Nintendo System Games
acheron

Replies: 502
Views: 9738

Forum: Archives of Shit   Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2025 3:06 pm   Subject: P-Boi Forum: 50 Greatest Nintendo System Games
I loved the Ice Climbers in SSBM. Then again, I wasn't really that good at the game, so take that as you will.

Link's Awakening, hooray. I used to have a Game Boy emulator on my PC at home with an ...
  Topic: The Dugout Thread
acheron

Replies: 463
Views: 18275

Forum: Postin' Feedback With Yer Feedback-Postin' Net   Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2025 11:11 pm   Subject: The Dugout Thread
as a huge geek, i appreciate the HHGTTG Dugout.

also, i hate that nickelback song, even more than other nickelback songs, which i had thought would be tough.
  Topic: Let's complain about work!
acheron

Replies: 50
Views: 544

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2025 2:48 pm   Subject: Let's complain about work!
As a professional ninja, I helped kidnap the president, and now there are some dudes coming after me who seem to be pretty "bad".
  Topic: Your Arch Deluxe memories
acheron

Replies: 86
Views: 1161

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2025 9:33 am   Subject: Your Arch Deluxe memories

Klaben, we're closer than you think!

Liberty's in Solon, Parma Heights, Vermillion, OHHHMMMM!

Die in a fire, both of you.

Re: the "we're closer than you think" -- I lived in centr ...
  Topic: Favorite real-time strategy units
acheron

Replies: 14
Views: 217

Forum: A Video Game Forum Appears!   Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2025 9:01 am   Subject: Favorite real-time strategy units
Water Elemental in Warcraft. The first RTS I ever played, and I just thought the idea of summoning water elementals was cool.

Also the Zerg queen in Starcraft, though I also liked the Guardian. It ...
  Topic: tall people thread
acheron

Replies: 52
Views: 567

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2025 8:56 am   Subject: tall people thread
I am six feet and four inches tall as well.

Seriously, airplane seats suck. Last time I was in a plane the guy in front of me looked pissed because my knee was preventing him from reclining. Well s ...
  Topic: jokes and jokes and jokes
acheron

Replies: 42
Views: 781

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2025 12:10 pm   Subject: jokes and jokes and jokes
A rich businessman decided to take a trip to the South American jungle. He hired a native guide to show him around.

Before leaving, the guide warned him about the various dangers in the jungle. Af ...
  Topic: Your Calvin and Hobbes memories
acheron

Replies: 24
Views: 498

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2025 9:11 am   Subject: Your Calvin and Hobbes memories
I've been reading C&H for at least 17 years, and I still suddenly 'get' things that I had missed before. There's not much else that does that, certainly no other comic strips.

I remember making ...
  Topic: Best series finale ever
acheron

Replies: 171
Views: 2277

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2025 8:21 am   Subject: Best series finale ever
Babylon 5.

Yes, I'm a geek, what of it?
  Topic: OMG Heroes
acheron

Replies: 323
Views: 4229

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2025 8:05 am   Subject: OMG Heroes
Sylar needs Mohinder alive so he (Mohinder) can create a new list.
  Topic: OMG Heroes
acheron

Replies: 323
Views: 4229

Forum: General Forum S. Patton   Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2025 9:44 am   Subject: OMG Heroes

I don't like the shapeshifter woman at all. I wish they had more likeable female characters on this show. Okay, maybe I just have a low tolerance, but honestly, Claire's about it for the girls. Ev ...

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